The ODBC entries are entry points into the MSI as they are created via the ODBC table. If you remove the ODBC table entries and add the registry keys for the ODBC settings directly into a components registry instead then the problem will be removed. Remember if you set a keypath to one of the registry keys which will get deleted when a user removes the odbc entry then it will still self repair. ... View more

Try opening up the .ISM in Orca and dropping the table from there. P ... View more

Set the component that the FONT is in to "Permanent" P ... View more

How will you handle silent installations or isnt it a consideration? Paul ... View more

1) Does the setup your calling run and install successfully on its own, outside of this "parent" MSI? 2) If its a pre-requisite deploy it seperatly 3) If its a post-requisite deploy it seperatly To conclude, run the setup.exe either before or after the MSI, as calling setup.exes from an MSI is asking for trouble and going to cause you heart ache, especially if the setup.exe is infact a wrapper for another MSI 😉 Paul ... View more

If you dont have your ProgID's linked to ClassID's the files will not link together and add themselves to the registry. If you use com extaction and see no class info, just progid, then you will need to add the progid's to the registry rather than the ProgID table. C:\Program Files\InstallShield\AdminStudio\7.5\Editor\Support\regspyui.exe The program above will allow you to look at the COM info. P ... View more

Have you set the correct conditions on your installs custom actions? Not Installed REMOVE~="ALL" P ... View more

Create new directories in the Directory table, lets call them DIRONE and DIRTWO, TARGETDIR as destination and . as the DefaultDir. Set your feature and components in question to point to those 2 directorys as their destination, all you then need to do is set those properties to what ever directory you need during install, lets say C:\Windows\Pen. I was updating the directory names using the command line when running msiexec but you could easily set the properties via the UI as part of a dialog box. P ... View more

Use: msiexec /i /l*c c:\ .txt That will fully log your msi installation. P ... View more